Tam Cane

University of Sussex, United Kingdom

Title: Constructing Opportunities: Recognizing resilience in people living with HIV adopting

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Biography

Dr Tam Cane is a lecturer and programme lead for BA Social Work in the Department of Social Work and Social Care at the University of Sussex. She studied assisted reproductive health of people living with HIV and the implications of HIV on adoption experiences. Dr Tam Cane's research interests centre on HIV prevention modalities linked to parenting choices that reduce HIV transmission. She is interested in the range of decision-making processes linked to different methods of parenting choices made by people living with HIV. Dr Tam Cane has authored peer-reviewed articles on adoption experiences of people living with HIV, the role of HIV charitable workers in supporting reproductive and adoption desires of people with HIV. She is a co-author on research looking at the utilisation of genetically-informed research designs that better understand family processes and child development and implications for adoption and foster-care focused interventions. Other areas of research include women's drinking and help-seeking behaviours. Dr Tam Cane holds a position on the editorial board for the International Journal of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Education and Behavioural Science and is a peer reviewer for this journal. 

Abstract

Tam is interested in research areas relating to HIV, HIV related infertility, child adoption, risk assessments and risk management in social work, reflexivity and emotions, resilience, domestic violence and substance misuse.